Texas Democratic Women of Collin County
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| April 16, 2010 | ||
| 6:30 pm | to | 8:30 pm |
The Collin County Gay & Lesbian Alliance invites you to meet the Frisco City Council candidates, Friday April 16, 6:30-8:30. 10826 Wilton Dr., Dominion at Panther Creek, Frisco. Check CCGLA’s website for more details.
| April 15, 2010 | ||
| 6:30 pm | to | 8:00 pm |
The eight candidates who have filed in three places for election to the Plano ISD Board of Trustees will speak at a forum to be hosted by the Plano ISD Key Communicators and Plano ISD Council of PTAs on Thursday, April 15, at the Plano ISD Administration Building, 2700 W. 15th Street, Plano. The event will begin at 6:30 p.m. with a “meet and greet” followed by the 7:00 p.m. forum. Candidates and their positions on the ballot are:
| Place 1 Bart Ridley Tammy Richards Robert Canright |
Place 2 Raj Menon Paul P. Kaminsky Carrolyn Moebius |
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| Place 3 Bret Cullers Nancy Humphrey |
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| April 26, 2010 | ||
| 6:45 pm | to | 9:00 pm |
TDWCC’s April general meeting will feature special guest speaker Andrea White. Andrea White is an author, blogger, community activist, and passionate supporter of her husband Bill White, Democratic Candidate for Governor of Texas. (Preston Ridge Campus of Collin College, 9700 Wade Blvd Frisco, Texas, Founders Hall, Shawnee Room F148.)
Andrea White: author, blogger, community activist, and Passionate Supporter of her husband Bill White, Democratic Candidate for Governor of Texas
Andrea White wears many hats–wife, mother, author, friend, blogger, education and community activist, and P.S., which is short for Passionate Supporter. The initials, P.S., continue to take on new meaning for Andrea, most recently asking others to Please Support her husband, Bill, as he Pursues State office as Governor of Texas.
Andrea and Bill have been married for 25 years and have three children, a son freshly graduated from Wake Forest now working on his dad’s campaign, a daughter majoring in Energy Studies at Rice University, and a high school-aged son who is a basketball player applying to colleges.
While Andrea always knew it was a possibility that Bill would enter Politics Someday, she said there was no way to prepare for the reality of it. After some initial apprehension, Andrea quickly learned that she actually enjoyed most of the things she feared. She describes her Political Spouse role as a truly unique and wonderful volunteer job where she has been able to focus on her passion for education, literacy, and keeping kids in school.
When Andrea is not working hard making sure that kids are reading, she’s writing books for them. While in her mid-40s, Andrea embarked on a new career as a writer, something she had thought about since childhood. Her four books have all been published during the six years Bill was Mayor of Houston. The books include her journal of public life, P.S. Passionate Supporter and Political Spouse as well as three young-adult historical fiction titles (Surviving Antarctica, Window Boy and Radiant Girl). Andrea won a Golden Spur award for her first book, Surviving Antarctica, and it was selected for the Texas Bluebonnet List. She hopes to publish her latest book Windows on the World, Book One of the UPcity Chronicles soon.
Before Andrea was a published author and a P.S., she practiced law and was one of the first female partners at a major Texas law firm. She received both her undergraduate and law degrees from the University of Texas.
Andrea invites visitors to her blog at http://passionatesupporter.com.
| April 5, 2010 | ||
| 6:00 pm | to | 8:00 pm |
Monday, April 5th, the Collin County Commissioners’ Court has on the agenda whether to pass a resolution expressing support for the highly partisan Republican Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott’s ill-advised lawsuit to block the implementation of the historic health insurance reform law enacted less than two weeks ago.
Please attend the meeting to voice your opposition - Prosper Municipal Chambers, Prosper City Hall, 121 W. Broadway at 6pm.
Tell Judge Keith Self and the all-Republican County Commissioners’ Court not to engage in this political grandstanding nonsense. They should focus on looking forward to how the new law will save Collin County tax dollars!
Talking points compiled by Democratic nominee for Collin County Judge, David M. Smith:
. . . and if you look for a tie to county business . . .
The national bill recently signed in to law can potentially take county indigent health care costs to ZERO. Why would the Commissioners Court instead support AG Abbott blocking the bill’s applicability to Texas, meaning Collin County would continue to pay MILLIONS of dollars each year for indigent health care?
Supporting facts:
Related Note:
Abbott and others say the federal law is “bad for Texas” because although the federal government will initially fund 100% of the extra Medicaid cost, Texas and other states will have to fund 10% some years out. This future unfunded mandate is one basis for some states opposing the law.
Summary:
The Collin County Commissioners Court would rather play national partisan politics than tend to county business. Any commissioner support of AG Abbott’s initiative is a blatant example of ideological impairment, preventing them from realizing that Abbott is actually seeking to cement in millions of dollars of future county costs that will otherwise go away.
Let your voice be heard! Tell the Collin County Commissioners’ Court that they should be doing the work of the citizens of Collin County, and not the bidding of big insurance companies! We need to spend our time standing up for the lives of people, and not the excessive profits of health insurance companies!
To see the resolution on the agenda, click here and then click on the “8″.
| April 29, 2010 | ||
| 7:00 pm | to | 9:00 pm |
B.R.O.A.D.S. (Book Readers of a Democratic Slant) first meeting. The book selection is Don’t Think of an Elephant by George Lakoff. Please RSVP to Lynn Wolfe. We’ll be meeting at Barb’s house, 4801 Bull Run, Plano.
| April 14, 2010 | ||
| 7:00 pm | to | 9:00 pm |
This is an opportunity for new and potential members to visit with more seasoned members and ask questions about TDWCC. We will discuss Texas and Collin County politics, what it means to be a Democrat, and how to get involved.
La Madeleine in Frisco (8008 State Highway 121)
Wednesday, April 14
7pm-9pm
Please RSVP to Amy Lawrence.
| April 12, 2010 | ||
| 5:00 pm | to | 6:00 pm |
The Frisco ISD SHAC (School Health Advisory Committee) will meet on Monday, April 12, 5-6pm at the Frisco ISD Career and Technical Education Center (CTE), Training Room 1, 9889 Wade Blvd., Frisco. This meeting is open to the public. Discussion will be on health and sex education with two guidance counselors, one from elementary school and one from middle school.
| April 13, 2010 | ||
| 6:00 pm | to | 7:00 pm |
Gloria Steinem will be speaking at the UT Dallas Activity Center Auditorium as part of the Gender Studies Lecture Series. Book Signing to follow lecture.
As a writer and an activist, Gloria Steinem has been a leader in the late-twentieth-century women’s rights movement. Among her many achievements is the founding of Ms. magazine — the first national women’s magazine run by women.
For more details, click here.
Due to construction, visitors are advised to access the Activity Center Auditorium from N. Floyd Rd. Heading west on Campbell Rd., turn right onto Floyd Rd. and make a left onto Lookout Dr. to access parking lots A and B. A shuttle bus will be available to take visitors from the parking lots to the Activity Center. For more information, call the Galerstein Women’s Center at 972-883-6555 or email womenscenter@utdallas.edu.
| April 17, 2010 | ||
| 9:00 am |
Live Green Expo, Plano Centre, 2000 E. Spring Creek Pkwy. Volunteers needed.
